Where does Alphonso Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alphonso Inc. ranks #7,231 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Alphonso Inc. hold?

Alphonso Inc. holds 45 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Alphonso Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Alphonso Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.5 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Alphonso Inc. focus on?

Alphonso Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 27 patents, ranking #625 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Alphonso Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Alphonso Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +65% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Alphonso Inc.'s patents?

Alphonso Inc.'s patents average 14.3 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Alphonso Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Alphonso Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 45 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alphonso ranks #7,231 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 45 patents across 11 technology areas.

#7,231
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: +65%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7231 · US Corporation #7,231 · 45 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 45 grants
UPPER-Q #7,231/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 24/7 Customer
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +65% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 24/7 Customer, Inc. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Alphonso’s 36.5 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 13.2 pts (36%) Velocity 2.9 pts (8%) Breadth 11.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alphonso · this assignee

36
Charm Sciences · near

36
Devialet · near

36
FotoNation Cayman · near

36
Parfums Christian Dior · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alphonso's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (top 46% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Alphonso?

Each dot is one of Alphonso’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Alphonso’s own 14.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Alphonso vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Alphonso's grants concentrate

Alphonso Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Alphonso sits between 24/7 Customer, Inc. and Adimab, LLC.

Alphonso's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Alphonso Inc. moved from 23 to 10 grants (0.43x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

24/7 Customer

45
Ada-es

45
Aehr Test Systems

45
Allnex Belgium

45
Altek Semiconduct…

45
APR Beauty Group

45
Aquastar Pool Pro…

45
Adimab

45
Alphonso ◀

45

What this shows Alphonso holds 45 patents at rank #7,230, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alphonso

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,230 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Alphonso's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Alphonso, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Alphonso ranks #625 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Devialet 36 FotoNation Cayman Limited 36 Parfums Christian Dior 36 Charm Sciences, Inc. 36

Alphonso's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Alphonso Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	2.2%
2017	7	15.6%
2018	4	8.9%
2019	5	11.1%
2020	11	24.4%
2021	7	15.6%
2022	7	15.6%
2023	3	6.7%

Which technologies does Alphonso Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 27

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 23

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 11

H04H - Broadcast Communication 10

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 10

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 10

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 9

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Alphonso Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alphonso Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #7,231 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alphonso Inc. against 24/7 Customer, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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